Architecture is art, nothing less.

建筑就是艺术，仅此而已。

The greatest reward is seeing people enjoy something I've created.

最大的回报是看到人们喜欢我创造的东西。

I'm very suspicious of the word 'style'. It's a word that people use to categorize things when they don't understand them.

我对“风格”这个词非常怀疑。当人们不理解事物时，就用这个词来分类。

Every building is a prototype. No two are the same.

每座建筑都是原型。没有两座是相同的。

I approach each project with a clean slate, trying to reinvent what architecture can be.

我以全新的心态对待每个项目，试图重新定义建筑的可能性。

I was a truck driver in LA, going to City College, and I tried to sign up for a class in ceramics, but it was full. So I signed up for architecture. It was an accident.

我曾在洛杉矶当卡车司机，去城市学院读书，我想报名参加陶艺课，但已经满了。所以我报了建筑课。这是个意外。

I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.

我不知道为什么人们雇佣建筑师然后告诉他们该做什么。

The computer is just a tool. The pencil is also a tool. It's about how you use it.

电脑只是一个工具。铅笔也是一个工具。关键在于你如何使用它。

I think the best architecture comes from a synthesis of all the elements that separately comprise a building: the structure that holds it up; the services that allow it to function; its ecology; the quality of natural light; the symbolism of the form; the relationship of the building to the skyline or the streetscape; and, perhaps most importantly, the client's vision and the user's needs.

我认为最好的建筑来自于所有单独构成建筑的元素综合：支撑它的结构；使其运转的服务；它的生态；自然光的质量；形式的象征意义；建筑与天际线或街景的关系；也许最重要的是，客户的愿景和用户的需求。

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

建筑应该讲述其时代和地点，但渴望永恒。